From Winco ID's Barcodes and Baseball event; Dr. Peter Green's presentation on using cloud computing for inventory and production tracking solutions.

1. Barcodes and the Cloud.
Dr. Peter Green – BellHawk Systems

2. Internet

5. Why Use Barcodes?
1. Track Inventory
2. Track Work-in-Process
3. Track Movement of Materials
4. Track Conversion of Materials
5. Track Receipt of Materials
6. Track Shipment of Materials
7. Track Delivery of Materials
8. Prevent Mistakes
9. Build Materials Traceability Database
10. Capture Production Costs

6. Problems with Paper Records
1. Data Collection Mistakes
 Write Anything You Want
2. Operational Mistakes
 No Warnings
3. Delays in Data Entry
 If Entered At All into Computer
4. No Real-Time Management Oversight
 Limited Access to Data
5. Defects and Recalls
 Row of Filing Cabinets Problem
6. Wasted time in writing down data and keying into computer
 Plus time fixing mistakes

7. Barcode Scanning is Solution
1.Point-and-Shoot Data Recording
• Quick and Accurate
• No Mistakes Writing Down of Data
2.Immediate Validation of Data
• Warning if Wrong Data Captured
• Warning if Wrong Material or Operation
• Warning if Defective or Contaminated Material being Used
3.Builds Tracking Database
• Immediately Available
• Real-Time Data Available for Management Oversight
• Traceability History for Error Detection and Recall Minimization

8. “License-Plate” Tracking
A tracking barcode or RFID tag is placed on
every container, box, barrel, reel, roll, and individually barcoded item
Barcode or RFID Tag is an Identifier - Information is contained in Database
Database
Server
Computer
Database
Records -
One per
License Plate
Number

9. Nested Container Tracking

10. Inventory Tracking

11. Receiving
1. Weigh Products to Verify or Compute Quantity
2. Scan GS1 Barcodes – if present – or enter on keyboard
• Part Number, Quantity, Lot Number, Expiration Date
3. Print Internal Tracking Barcode Label
• With Tracking Barcode
• With Internal Part Number and other Human Readable Information

12. Production Tracking
1. Track Start and End of Operation for Job on Machine/Line
2. Scan Employee/Team Badge in and out of Operation
3. Scan Materials into Job Step
4. Scan Materials out of Job Step
5. Scan Materials returned from Job Step
6. Track Machine/Line Setup, Start and End Run, Cleanup and Down Time

13. Picking, Packing and Shipping

14. Automated Barcode Label Generation
Uses BarTender Automation
To automatically fill in label
fields from BellHawk
database.
Data used depends on modal
parameters such as
Customer, DBA, Item and
Ship-To Address.

15. Barcode Label Printing at Remote Location

16. Benefits of Barcodes

17. BellHawk Systems Corporation
Affordable Technology Solutions for Operational Problems
Inventory Tracking Business Intelligence Production Tracking
Enterprise Integration Materials Traceability
www.BellHawk.com
508-865-8070